Part 2 of Timothy Carlson’s race day images of the 70.3 Clearwater event. Timothy captured determination and power hard at work at these final triathlon World Championships of 2008.

Part 1 of Timothy Carlson’s Clearwater gallery is right here

Related 2008 Clearwater race day gallery by Ramon Serrano

Images taken the day before the event by Ramon Serrano

Victor Plata and Sarah Groff were victorious at the 2008 San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island, the final race in the USA Triathlon Haul to the Great Wall Elite Series. But the series titles belong to Matty Reed and Julie Ertel.

The youthful Terenzo Bozzone, 23, and the veteran Joanna Zeiger, 38, controlled the 2008 Clearwater 70.3 World Championships and smashed course records along the way.

Race day images of the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championships as seen through the lens of Ramon Serrano.

Part 1 of Timothy Carlson’s Clearwater gallery is right here.

Part 2 of Tim Carlson’s race day images can be found right here.

A gallery of images taken the day before the race by Ramon Serrano.

As Crowie, the new King of Kona, takes a rest, and defending champ Andy Potts is presumably still recovering from his Kona debut, the men’s field at the 70.3 World Championships is wide open.

With 2006 champion Sam McGlone sidelined by Achilles tendinitis and 2-time Ironman winner Chrissie Wellington resting on her laurels, can anyone beat defending champion Mirinda Carfrae?

A day before the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Word Championships, Ramon Serrano sent us a nice selection of images of the activities surrounding the big event.

Joanna Zeiger has won races ranging from the Olympic distance to the Ironman, but really seems to have found her calling at the 70.3 distance. She is one of the favorites going into the 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater.

Samantha McGlone’s coach and fiance emerges from losing his job at USAT to the hottest coach in the business in a momentous six months.

Cooler temperatures suit American Matt Reed and Great Britain’s Jodie Swallow in second Escape to Bermuda triathlon, which mirrors Alcatraz with a jump off the ferry start.

Canadian Tom Evans’ 8:07:59 is the fastest ever men’s 40-plus Ironman time, while Scotswoman Bella Comerford celebrates her birthday with a smashing win just three weeks after finishing 7th at Ironman Hawaii.

Hillary Biscay made a bit of news last week with her blog comments. She broke the story, unintentionally, that she, Chrissie Wellington, and Belinda Granger are leaving Team TBB. We asked her to amplify on her comments.